QA Automation Engineer hourly rate by country
Global median (the median of country medians; a median is the middle value of the weighted observations) for a middle QA Automation Engineer under the Hourly (time and materials) model: $82 per hour, the median of 4 country medians.
QA Automation Engineer (writes and maintains automated tests for web, API and mobile). Typical tools named in the role definition: Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium.
| United States | withheld | $96 A | withheld | withheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | withheld | $79 B | $79 B | withheld |
| Germany | withheld | $85 B | withheld | withheld |
| Poland | withheld | $41 C | $34 A | withheld |
Letters are confidence grades: A high confidence, B medium confidence, C indicative. Cells marked withheld have fewer than 2 independent sources.
Where this role diverges from the global median
Poland diverges most: $41 against the global $82 per hour at the middle level under the Hourly (time and materials) model, a difference of -50%.
Sources
- freelance-platform FRATCH. Test Automation Engineers in Germany | Find vetted experts fast. Published 2026-08-06, verified . ev-rate-germany-002
- job-board TalentUp. Test Automation Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate in Germany 2026 | TalentUp |. Published 2026-10-08, verified . ev-rate-gfeu-002
- fx European Central Bank. ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates (SDMX EXR). Published 2026-10-16, verified . ev-fx-2026-q4-eur
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- job-board TalentUp. Test Automation Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate in Poland 2026 | TalentUp |. Published 2026-10-08, verified . ev-rate-gfeu-004
- fx European Central Bank. ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates (SDMX EXR). Published 2026-10-16, verified . ev-fx-2026-q4-pln
- freelance-platform Lemon.io. Automation QA Engineer Salary & Hourly Rate 2026. Published 2026-07-01, verified . ev-rate-mkt-003
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- job-board IT Jobs Watch. Test Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Skill Sets | IT Jobs Watch. Published 2026-10-18, verified . ev-rate-united-kingdom-003
- vendor-rate-card Vendor rate card (delivery country: United Kingdom); vendor name and link are published only in the evidence file. Published 2026-01-26, verified . ev-rate-united-kingdom-014
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- vendor-rate-card Vendor rate card (delivery country: United Kingdom); vendor name and link are published only in the evidence file. Published 2026-01-26, verified . ev-rate-united-kingdom-012
- job-board TalentUp. Test Automation Engineer Contractor Hourly Rate in United States 2026 | TalentUp |. Published 2026-10-08, verified . ev-rate-g2we-002
- vendor-rate-card Vendor rate card (delivery country: United States); vendor name and link are published only in the evidence file. Published 2026-07-11, verified . ev-rate-g2we-012
Questions
What is the median hourly rate for a QA Automation Engineer across all countries?
The global median for a Middle QA Automation Engineer (Hourly (time and materials)) is $82 per hour, the median of 4 country medians.
In which country does the QA Automation Engineer rate differ most from the global median?
Poland diverges most from the global median: $41 against $82 per hour at the middle level under the Hourly (time and materials) model.
What does a QA Automation Engineer do?
QA Automation Engineer: writes and maintains automated tests for web, API and mobile.
How does the QA Automation Engineer rate change with seniority?
Only the middle level has 3 or more published countries, with a global hourly median of $82; the change between levels is shown per country on the country and role pages where at least 2 levels are published.
In how many countries is a QA Automation Engineer rate published?
4 countries have at least one published record for QA Automation Engineer.
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